The ERAP Reviewer should

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appoint the ERAP Reviewer.

4.3

The ERAP Reviewer should:

develop policies, protocols, and guidelines necessary to maintain and improve

the ERAP,

review requests for interpretations of the provisions of this technical standard,

issue technical notices to clarify various aspects of ERAP,

coordinate a small group (5 or less persons) consisting principally of DOE field

and HQ organization representatives to oversee program policy (called the

Respiratory Advisory Committee),

upon request, review the conclusions and recommendations of the Suit Test

Facility (STF) concerning the adequacy of the performance of the supplied-air

suit and accept or reject the conclusions and recommendations, and

upon request, review site supplied-air suit procedures.

4.4

DOE field organization managers and their designees should:

ensure that DOE and DOE contractors under their administration are using

supplied-air suits and supplied-air suit programs that have met the ERAP

acceptance criteria,

communicate information concerning the ERAP to appropriate sites and

facilities,

communicate changes in supplied-air suits used by DOE contractors to the LPSO

and the ERAP reviewer, and

review supplied-air suit procedures for DOE and DOE contractors under their

administration.

4.5

Site supplied-air suit managers should:

provide guidance to supplied-air suit user,

ensure that only accepted supplied-air suit configurations and supplied-air suit

programs are used,

document the design and procedures dealing with the use of supplied-air suits,

submit new or modified supplied-air suit configurations to a testing facility for

testing and evaluation leading to ERAP acceptance, and

notify the DOE field organization that a supplied-air suit configuration had been

submitted to a suit testing facility (STF).

5.0

Acceptance Testing Process

5.1

Only supplied-air suit configurations and their programs that meet the specifications

in this technical standard are considered to fulfill ERAP acceptance criteria. Failed

programs will be counseled and are expected to pass another qualification process.